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Steam is having a whopper of a sale right now
Roll up, roll up, it's time to empty your wallets. Steam is having a big winter sale with an insane amount of games on sale, and some serious bargains.
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GOL's Linux & SteamOS gamer survey results for December
The last GOL Survey results of our Linux & SteamOS user survey for 2015, wow what a year! The next survey will be available on January 1st and run for two weeks as usual.
The GOL GOTY Awards page is open for nominations, voting after
Welcome to our second year of doing a GOTY Awards, this year we added many more categories based on feedback.
Free retro game Bio Menace now available from GOG on Linux
Join top CIA tough guy, Snake Logan as he battles for his life against ferocious monsters created by an evil and twisted mastermind. A free game now available on Linux thanks to GOG.
Speculation: A job posting for Elite Dangerous hints at possible future Linux support
This one is quite vague, but a new job posting may suggest that a Linux port of Elite: Dangerous isn't out of the question.
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell now available on SteamOS and Linux
Another one, oh boy! In the same day we have Saints Row IV and now Saints Row: Gat out of Hell too! What a nice early holiday present.
Saints Row IV now available on SteamOS and Linux
Oh baby! Saints Row IV is now available on SteamOS and Linux, and I can't wait to give this insane game a game.
Insurgency FPS adds official Steam Controller support, better gamepad support overall
Insurgency was very exciting to have on Linux, as it's the most tactical FPS game we have available. The new updates have made it much more fun too, with gamepad support and decent Steam Controller support added in.
GOL Cast: Wandering Around Morrowind in OpenMW
You might have heard about OpenMW, the open source reimplementation of the Morrowind engine which, naturally, allows you to play Morrowind on Linux. Let's test it!
Unity Editor for Linux winter holiday update
Explicitly dedicated to our holiday season game making enjoyment, a new build of the Unity editor for Linux has been released. It is updated to Unity version 5.3.0f4.
Wine 1.8 was finally released
Today a new stable Wine 1.8 version was released. After a 17 months of hard work and nearly 13,000 individual commits it's here. And it brings lots of new shiny features in its sack(because it's December, pick your holiday of choice).
Maia, the promising colony building sim releases big update with first person mode
I love keeping an eye on Maia, as it's one of the only building sims that isn't going for some sort of retro style. Progress isn't quick, but each new release does push out some big new stuff, and this new release is no different.
Bombernauts, bomberman for mental people now on Linux & SteamOS
Bombernauts is pretty much bomberman on a year long diet of steroids, as it's insane. We should get a game of this going sometime.
Win an Alienware Steam Machine from Feral Interactive
Here's a chance to bag a shiny Alienware Steam Machine from Feral Interactive, you just have to draw up some winter themed Mordor art.
Some thoughts on the Asus 4K PB287Q 28 inch monitor, with added radiation alarm
I recently acquired a new PC and 4K monitor thanks to a family member, so here’s some thoughts on the Asus 4K PB287Q 28 inch monitor.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter looks like it will come to SteamOS & Linux
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter takes the best from the N64 and PC versions, puts them into a new engine and then released into the wild. It looks like the developers are planning a Linux release too.
Khronos gives an official update on Vulkan
Khronos has given an official update on Vulkan, there's good news, and there's bad news. The year-end target release date for Vulkan will not be met. However, they are in the home stretch and the release of Vulkan 1.0 is imminent!
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition for Linux & SteamOS is being held up (updated)
Not quite as bad news as the Rocket League delay, but Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition for Linux & SteamOS is being held up by some memory corruption issues. UPDATED.
Hacknet, an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator now on SteamOS & Linux
It was a little weird that a terminal based hacking game wasn't on Linux to begin with, but now it is! Hacknet joins our growing list of interesting titles.
Remember, it's Friday Livestream time at 6 PM UTC!
Finally, after a tiresome, cold and dark week it's finally Friday and I can relax knowing that the holidays are here! So let us celebrate a little with some Linux games!